Agenda - 09-06-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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44 1 are proud of the fact that they do not talk to the residents until the seller has decided to sell to 2 the homeowners. She said she watched a video and the owner sold to the residents and got full 3 market value. She said the county would probably be asked to contribute. She said that the 4 owner said they had good offers from others, but the tenants were right there with the other 5 offers they had, and it is certainly a fair market purchase. 6 Corey Root added that the market forces are incredibly large. She said there is the 7 expectation that some will be sold and redeveloped, some owners might be amenable to the 8 ROC model, and on occasion an owner may choose to work with resources to avoid resident 9 displacement. 10 Commissioner McKee said he is not talking about the ROC model. He said that Orange 11 County has 1,000 pages of a UDO and every item is in there because someone did something 12 that was egregious and caused a member of this board or staff to say this should not have 13 happened. He said a lot of regulations are required by someone doing something they should 14 not. He said that his concern is exploring land use policies. He said that he gets concerned 15 when he sees potential for a change to county policy for an owner to receive the best use. He 16 said there was some strong push back by members in the community in Chapel Hill. 17 Chair Price said "looking at land use policies" seems very general to her and four boards 18 have already approved this. She said it just leaves the door open to look at them if it is 19 warranted. 20 Commissioner McKee said when you leave the door open, something walks through it 21 and that is what concerns him. He said the county is going to get more expensive to live in and 22 he does not want a regulation in place that stands in the owner's way. 23 24 PUBLIC COMMENTS: 25 Emily Bane said to change the use and designation of a mobile home park or lot, you 26 must provide a 12 month notice pursuant to statute. She said a 60-day notice is required for an 27 eviction. She said that mobile homes are taxed as personal property and she has talked to all 28 her residents, and they have told her their bills have gone up and not down. She said most 29 tenants do not have fire or homeowners' insurance. She said if there was an incentive if they 30 showed proof of insurance to protect themselves in case their homes are damaged it would be 31 helpful. She said that they do not have a repair area and there is no hope of water and sewer 32 currently. She said they have a community water system, and she tests it herself. She said the 33 tests are increasing and that increases the costs. She said it would be nice if some of things 34 were incentive based rather than punishment based. She said she wants to help everyone in 35 Orange County. 36 Commissioner Greene said they got an email from the tax assessor, and it says that the 37 manufactured homes in her parks both went down in value during the last year. 38 Emily Bane said not one of the residents that she spoke with said their tax bill went 39 down. She said to speak with Shavonda in the tax office because she would be an excellent 40 resource for that information. 41 42 Commissioner Richards asked if there is a timeline for the more creative parts of the 43 plan. 44 Corey Root said they are hoping to get an endorsement before all four boards, and they 45 are ready to move forward. 46 Commissioner Greene encouraged the other Commissioners to endorse this because it 47 has been workshopped and passed by the other jurisdictions. She said it is policy guidance for 48 staff time and resources. 49